Jack Palance
Jack Palance (born Volodymyr Palahniuk; February 18, 1919 – November 10, 2006) was an American actor. Known for playing tough guys and villains, he was nominated for three Academy Awards, all for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, receiving nominations for his roles in Sudden Fear (1952) and Shane (1953) and winning almost 40 years later for his role in City Slickers (1991). Born in Lattimer Mines, Pennsylvania, the son of Ukrainian immigrants, Palance served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. He went on to briefly attend Stanford University before pursuing a career in the theatre. He made his film acting debut in Panic in the Streets (1950). Following his roles in Sudden Fear and Shane, Palance starred as Count Dracula in the 1974 television film Bram Stoker's Dracula, and played crime lord Yves Perret in Tango & Cash (1989). He also served as the host of the ABC television series Ripley's Believe It or Not! (1982–1986). In 2006, Palance died of natural causes at the home of his daughter Holly in Montecito, California. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jack Palance, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Credits
- 2004 · Back When We Were Grownups as Paul 'Poppy' Davitch
- 2002 · Living with the Dead as Allan Van Praagh
- 2001 · Prancer Returns as
- 2001 · The Omen Legacy as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · Night Visions as Jake Jennings
- 1999 · Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End as John Witting
- 1999 · Joe D'Amato Totally Uncut - The Erotic Experience as (archive footage)
- 1999 · Treasure Island as Long John Silver
- 1998 · Ebenezer as Ebenezer Scrooge
- 1998 · The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo as Beelzebub
- 1997 · I'll Be Home For Christmas as Bob Greiser
- 1997 · Monster Mania as Host
- 1996 · In Search of Dracula as Self
- 1996 · Joan Crawford: Always the Star as Self (archive footage)
- 1995 · Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval as Self
- 1995 · Buffalo Girls as Bartle Bone
- 1995 · Cyborg 2 as Mercy
- 1994 · The Swan Princess as Lord Rothbart (voice)
- 1994 · City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold as Duke Page
- 1994 · The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics as Dr. Jeremy Wheaton (segment "Where the Dead Are")
- 1994 · Cops & Robbersons as Jake Stone
- 1992 · Legends of the West as Host
- 1992 · Solar Crisis as Travis
- 1992 · Keep the Change as Overstreet
- 1991 · City Slickers as Curly Washburn
- 1989 · Tango & Cash as Yves Perret
- 1989 · Batman as Grissom
- 1988 · Outlaw of Gor as Xeno
- 1988 · Young Guns as L. G. Murphy
- 1987 · Bagdad Cafe as Rudi Cox
- 1987 · Gor as Xenos
- 1985 · Night of 100 Stars II as Self
- 1985 · George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey as Self (archive footage)
- 1983 · Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1982 · Alone in the Dark as Frank Hawkes
- 1982 · Ripley's Believe It or Not! as Host
- 1982 · The Helm of Destiny as Narration
- 1982 · Psychic Confession as Narrator
- 1981 · Evil Stalks This House as Stokes
- 1980 · Without Warning as Joe Taylor
- 1980 · Hawk the Slayer as Voltan
- 1980 · The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story as Whitey Robinson
- 1980 · The Ivory Ape as Marc Kazarian
- 1979 · The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang as Will Smith
- 1979 · Cocaine Cowboys as Raphael
- 1979 · Buck Rogers in the 25th Century as Kaleel
- 1979 · Portrait of a Hitman as Jim Buck
- 1979 · The Shape of Things to Come as Omus
- 1979 · Angels' Brigade as Mike Farrell
- 1978 · The One Man Jury as Lieutenant Wade
- 1978 · Unknown Powers as Himself - Host
- 1977 · Welcome to Blood City as Frendlander
- 1977 · National Geographic: The Volga as Narrator (voice)
- 1977 · The Unknown Force as Self - Host
- 1976 · Blood and Bullets as Duke
- 1976 · Rulers of the City as Scarface' Manzari
- 1976 · Black Cobra as Judas Carmichael
- 1976 · The Cop in Blue Jeans as Norman Shelley / Richard J. Russo
- 1976 · God's Gun as Sam Clayton
- 1976 · Safari Express as van Daalen
- 1975 · The Sensuous Nurse as Mr. Kitch
- 1975 · Rickles as
- 1975 · Africa Express as Robert Preston / Willaim Hunter
- 1975 · The Four Deuces as Vic Morono, the Boss
- 1975 · Bronk as
- 1975 · The Great Adventure as William Bates
- 1975 · The Hatfields and the McCoys as Devil Anse Hatfield
- 1974 · The Godchild as Rourke
- 1974 · Dinah! as Self
- 1974 · Dracula as Dracula
- 1974 · Craze as Neal Mottram
- 1973 · Oklahoma Crude as Hellman
- 1973 · Brothers Blue as Hillman
- 1972 · Imagine as Self
- 1972 · Father Jackleg as Buck Santini
- 1972 · Chato's Land as Quincey Whitmore
- 1972 · It Can Be Done Amigo as Sonny Bronson
- 1971 · The Horsemen as Tursen
- 1971 · The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour as
- 1970 · Compañeros as John
- 1970 · Monte Walsh as Chet Rollins
- 1970 · The McMasters as Kolby
- 1969 · Battle of the Commandos as Charley MacPherson
- 1969 · Che! as Fidel Castro
- 1969 · Marquis de Sade: Justine as Antonin
- 1969 · A Bullet for Rommel as Major John Heston
- 1969 · The Desperados as Parson Josiah Galt
- 1968 · The Mercenary as Ricciolo ("Curly")
- 1968 · They Came to Rob Las Vegas as Douglas
- 1968 · The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Dr. Jekyll/Dr.Hyde
- 1967 · Kill a Dragon as Rick Masters
- 1967 · Torture Garden as Ronald Wyatt (segment 4 "The Man Who Collected Poe")
- 1967 · The Carol Burnett Show as Self - Guest / Various Characters
- 1967 · The Dinosaur and the Baby as Jeremy Prokosch (archive footage)
- 1967 · The Spy in the Green Hat as Louis Strago
- 1967 · And Still Champion! The Story of Archie Moore as Narrator (voice)
- 1966 · Alice Through the Looking Glass as Jabberwock
- 1966 · The Professionals as Jesus Raza
- 1965 · Convoy as
- 1965 · Run for Your Life as Julian Hays
- 1965 · Once a Thief as Walter Pedak
- 1964 · The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as
- 1964 · The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as Louis Strago
- 1964 · Paparazzi as Himself
- 1964 · Bardot et Godard as Himself
- 1963 · Contempt as Jeremy Prokosch
- 1963 · The Greatest Show on Earth as
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1962 · The Merv Griffin Show as Self
- 1962 · Warriors Five as Jack
- 1962 · Night Train to Milan as Herr Bauer / Schneider
- 1961 · Barabbas as Torvald
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Co-Host
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- 1961 · The Last Judgment as Matteoni
- 1961 · The Mongols as Ogataï
- 1961 · Sword of the Conqueror as Alboino
- 1960 · The Barbarians as Revak
- 1960 · The Battle of Austerlitz as Gen. Weirother
- 1959 · Beyond All Limits as Jim Gatsby
- 1959 · Ten Seconds to Hell as Eric Koertner
- 1958 · The Man Inside as Milo March
- 1957 · House of Numbers as Arnie Judlow / Bill Judlow
- 1957 · The Death of Manolete as Manolete
- 1957 · The Lonely Man as Jacob Wade
- 1957 · The Last Tycoon as Monroe Stahr
- 1956 · Requiem for a Heavyweight as Harlan 'Mountain' McClintock
- 1956 · Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Dan Morgan
- 1956 · Playhouse 90 as Self - Host
- 1956 · Playhouse 90 as Harlan 'Mountain' McClintock
- 1956 · Attack as Joe Costa
- 1956 · The Steve Allen Show as Self - Guest
- 1955 · I Died a Thousand Times as Roy Earle / Roy Collins
- 1955 · The Big Knife as Charles Castle
- 1955 · Kiss of Fire as El Tigre
- 1954 · The Silver Chalice as Simon The Magician
- 1954 · Sign of the Pagan as Attila
- 1953 · Man in the Attic as Slade
- 1953 · Flight to Tangier as Gil Walker
- 1953 · Arrowhead as Toriano
- 1953 · Second Chance as Cappy Gordon
- 1953 · Shane as Jack Wilson
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1952 · Sudden Fear as Lester Blaine
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as John
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Paul 'Poppy' Davitch
- 1951 · The Red Skelton Show as Self
- 1951 · Halls of Montezuma as Pigeon Lane
- 1950 · The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
- 1950 · Panic in the Streets as Blackie
- 1950 · What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
- 1949 · Lights Out as
- 1949 · Suspense as Tom Walker
- 1949 · Suspense as Count Alessandro di Cagliostro
- 1948 · Studio One as
- 1948 · Studio One as Arky
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self / Caliban
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Winner